MECHANICSBURG, PA (October 3, 2025) – Chase Dietz, of York, PA, led a Posse sweep of four of the top five positions on night number one of the National Open Weekend at Williams Grove Speedway. Joining Dietz on the front stretch were second place finisher, Lance Dewease, and the third place runner, Danny Dietrich. Justin Whittall was fifth in the race. The only card carrying Outlaw was Carson Macedo, who led the first twenty-one laps before fading to fourth at the finish.

“I just want to soak it in,” Dietz said as he tried to catch his beath following the exhilarating victory, his first ever against the travelling band. Although Dietz noted that he had speed all year at the Grove, his team assembled a new car this week and, in doing so, they made a lot of changes. “The car was very maneuverable.”

Although Dietz ran most of the race in the top groove, he admitted, “I knew that the bottom was going to come in. I knew that I had to get down there before Lance (Dewease) did. I saw his nose.” As it turned out, Dietz barely got to the bottom ahead of Dewease, forcing the cagy veteran to move to the middle in the closing laps.

“We’re just extremely grateful to be here, this sport can be very humbling,” Dietz added. Even last year, when he was running his own cars, Dietz explained that they fought hard to be competitive with the Outlaws. Although they were winless, they showed good speed and had a podium finish against the Outlaws in the 2024 National Open. “I looked back at the nights when we didn’t win, and I tried to figure out what we needed to do to bet better.”

Dewease, who followed Dietz into second on lap twenty-two and wh briefly challenged him for the lead, commented, “the last three or four laps I wasn’t very good. The lapped cars made it interesting.”

Dietrich, who completed the podium for the Posse, felt that he may have had the fastest car in the final laps but, he added, “things didn’t go my way.” He explained that, when he did pass Dewease, he did not get enough of a gap on him, and that let him (Dewease) get back in.”

Macedo drew the pole for the Dash and his win in that event placed him on the pole for the twenty-five lap preliminary, which paid $12,000 to the winner. Dietrich lined up on his right, Dewease and Dietz made up row two, followed by David Gravel and Buddy Kofoid. Diason Pursley and Justin Whittall stacked our row four. Then came Daryn Pittman and Bill Balog. Row six paired Kody Hartlaub with Justin Peck.

The back of the field was almost as impressive as the first six rows. Back there were racers such as Kerry Madsen (fourteenth), Giovanni Scelzi (sixteenth), Brock Zearfoss (seventeenth), Brent Marks (eighteenth), Ryan Timms (nineteenth), Freddie Rahmer, Jr. (twentieth), Sheldon Haudenschild (twenty-first), Logan Schuchart (twenty-first), and Troy Wagaman (twenty-sixth).

Macedo held off Dietrich in turn one to assume control of the race. Dietz ran in third on the opening lap, but he drove under Dietrich in turn four to take over second one lap later. Dewease ran along in fourth, followed by Kofoid, Gravel, Whittall, Pittman, Pursley, and Balog in the early going.

The running order was pretty static through the first five or six laps. The top ten had a major shake-up on lap seven, though. Something broke on Pittman’s car in turn three, and he spun wildly toward the outside wall. In the process, he collected Pursley, Balog, and Hartlaub. Pittman and Pursely retired from the race due to the damage incurred, but Balog and Hartlaub were able to rejoin the field for the restart after pitting for repairs.

That fracas was the only caution of the race.

Macedo and Dietz resumed the battle for the lead on the restart. However, one lap later, Dewease moved into third, ahead of Dietrich, Kofoid, and Gravel. Whittall, Peck, Scelzi, and Rahmer made up the balance of the top ten. At that juncture, Wagaman was about six positions behind Rahmer in their race within the race for the point championship.

Through the middle stage of the race, Dietz began to close in on Macedo. Dewease continued in third, several car lengths behind the leaders. Dietrich was about the same distance back in fourth.

Dietz caught up to Macedo with about five or six laps remaining in the contest. He managed to pass Macedo on the inside of turn three on lap twenty-one, but Macedo countered in turn four to regain the lead.

Macedo dove to the inside heading into turn one, but he scrubbed off spme speed. Dietz was able to get some momentum coming through turn two and that propelled hin down the backstretch. He slid Macedo for the lead coming through turns three and four, and Dewease followed in his tire tracks to take over second coming off turn four.

Dietz missed the bottom entering turn one, and Dewease poked his nose under him going through the turn, Dietz recovered, and he got a good run off turn two to preserve his lead. Dietz then committed to the low line for the final laps, requiring Dewease to move more toward the middle of the track.

Dietrich dispatched Macedo and he got a run on Dewease near the end of the race. However, Dewease was able to reclaim second soon thereafter.

At the finish, it was Dietz by a tad under eight tenths of a second over Dewease. Dietrich was third, followed by Macedo and Whittall. Kofoid, Gravel, Scelzi,Peck, and Marks completed the top ten.

Rahmer was eleventh, and Wagaman sixteenth. Although Wagaman was the hard charger at plus ten, he lost valuable points to Rahmer. The two racers will be separated by 125 points, unofficially, heading into Saturday’s season finale.

Heat wins were scored by Gravel, Kofoid, Dewease, and Pursley. Ryan Newton won the non-qualifiers race. Kyle Spence recovered from a tipover in his heat race to capture the C Main. The B Main went to Haudenschild. Gravel was the evening’s fastest qualifier, with a lap of 16.409 seconds topping Group A. Dewease timed the best in Group B, with a lap of 16.760 seconds. Fifty-six cars participated in the event.

ABBOTTSTOWN, PA (September 27, 2025):  A persistent, localized drizzle forced a stoppage of the Fallen Heroes Memorial at the Lincoln Speedway. The event, which was originally dubbed the Fallen Firefighters Memorial, was expanded to give tribute to the three York County police officers recently slain while serving a subpoena.

Brett and Jordan Strickler, policemen in the area, honored the fallen officers on the wings of their 410 Sprint Cars.

The 410 Sprint Cars were ready to take to the track for their feature event when the rain set in for the second time of the night. A brief shower interrupted the heat races for the 358 Sprint Cars. However, after the rain stopped, the track crew and push truck operators quickly prepared the surface so that all qualifications could be completed.

The line-ups for both feature races are set, and the events will be completed on October 18, along with the full program for both divisions in the Final 50. So, fans will be treated to four features that evening.

The point races in both divisions will conclude on October 18.

Dallas Schott, Kyle Moody, and Billy Dietrich won the heat races for the 410 Sprinters. Ryan “Fig” Newton prevailed in the B Main. Troy Wagaman, Jr. was the fastest qualifier of the twenty-nine cars on hand. His time was an astonishing 12.855 seconds. He was one of four racers to turn sub-thirteen second laps.

In the 358 Sprint Car preliminaries, the checkers waved for Cameron Merriman, Logan Spahr, and Cody Fletcher. There were twenty-one 358 Sprints checked in for the contest.

On October 4, Lincoln Speedway will present AMA Flat Track Motorcycles and Quads. There will be no auto races in consideration of the National Open to be held at Williams Grove Speedway. The World of Outlaws will take on the Pennsylvania Posse on October 11. The Lincoln season will conclude with the blockbuster event, the Final 50 plus the held over features.

WILLIAMS GROVE, PA (September 26, 2025):  Brent Marks took advantage of an open date on the High Limit Racing Series schedule to get tuned up for the National Open, which will take place at Williams Grove Speedway next weekend. Marks earned $6,000 for his twenty-first career victory at the venerable race track.

Also getting to victory lane was Dylan Norris, who scored his fifth win of the season in the 358 Sprint Car division at Williams Grove. He has five additional wins at other area speedways. Sadly, it may be his last appearance at the track in the dominant car owned by former racer Chad McClelland. McClelland, who has been successful as a driver and a car owner, recently announced that he will shut down his operation at the end of this season.

“It is really cool to get the yellow car into victory lane,” Marks said. “We went off the wall with the color on this one,” he added with a laugh. He debuted the brightly colored car for the Knoxville Nationals and it has been raced less than a handful of times since then. Marks explained that he put a familiar set-up in the car, something that he is comfortable with at Williams Grove. The car responded perfectly. He plans to bring it back next week for the biggie, the National Open, with the same set-up. Marks believes that the track may well be different, but he is confident that his team can make whatever adjustments may be needed come race day.

Marks noted that Freddie Rahmer, Jr. “got away from me there, like in the dash. Clean air is so important. I just saved my tires and waited for traffic to get a run on him.” When Marks had the opportunity after clearing some lapped cars, he dove low entering turn three and slid across Rahmer’s nose to grab the lead. “The way the track was, you had to be really aggressive.”

The WoO format was used for this event to enable the racers to become familiar with it. Time trials set the heat race line-ups with the fastest car on the pole. The top two cars from each heat were eligible for the dash. The dash finish determined the first six starters in the A Main.

Thus, Rahmer and Marks were paired on the front row, just as they started and finished in the Dash. In row two, Brock Zearfoss was matched with Daison Pursley. Cameron Smith and Justin Whittall, the Port Royal champion, were seeded in row three. The fourth consisted of Troy Wagaman, Jr., the current points leader at both Williams Grove and Lincoln Speedways, and Chad Trout. Giovanni Scelzi and Danny Dietrich made up row five. Then came Kody Hartlaub and Chase Dietz.

The first lap was quite entertaining, with Marks turning under Rahmer to grab the lead in turn one and Rahmer fighting back at the other end of the speedway. It was all for naught, however, as Pursley rolled to a stop coming off turn four, requiring a caution. Under speedway rules, the lap did not count because the full field did not complete a lap under the green.

So, the field realigned for another go. This time, Rahmer held the lead through turns one and two and Marks tucked in behind him. Zearfoss, Smith, Wagaman, Trout, Whittall, Scelzi, Hartlaub, Dietrich, and Austin Bishop followed.

Rahmer and Marks drove away from Zearfoss and company and the race boiled down to their private contest.

Marks stayed close to Rahmer, but he got considerable help from a pack of slower cars that were racing side-by-side when Rahmer closed in on them to try to put them a lap down. That allowed Marks to drive up to Rahmer’s rear bumper. The two leaders cautiously navigated through the traffic.

After Rahmer and Marks cleared that bunch, Marks made his bid for the lead. He got a good run on Rahmer coming off turn two and carried his momentum into turn three. Marks executed a perfect slide job to take the lead on lap thirteen.

While Marks led the rest of the way in the twenty-five lapper, he did have one close call. Much like Rahmer, Marks encountered a cluster of slower cars and he had to check up. Rahmer drew close, but there was no opening for him to try to pass Marks and the lapped cars. So, he, too, slowed up. Marks was then able to use some of the slower cars as picks to keep Rahmer at bay.

Meanwhile, Zearfoss held off Smith for the third position.

Marks took the checkers almost 1.7 seconds ahead of Rahmer. Zearfoss was third, and he collected a $2,000 bonus from Lobar, Inc., one of his sponsors. Smith and Wagaman were next across the finish line. Whittall, Dietrich, Trout, Scelzi, and Dietz completed the top ten.

Logan Rumsey, the eleventh place finisher, was named the hard charger, at plus nine.

Rahmer’s second place finish shaved forty points off Wagaman’s lead in the championship standings heading into next weekend’s final two races of the year.

The three heat winners were Whittall, Marks, and Pursley, all of whom started on the pole for their respective preliminaries. Ryan “Fig” Newton captured the B Main. Lance Dewease dropped out of his heat and the B Main while in a transfer position in each event. Whittall set the mark in qualifications at 16.665 seconds.

Dylan Norris added an exclamation mark to his championship season in the 358 Sprint Car ranks. He overhauled Chase Guttshall on lap twelve of twenty. “Chase was setting a good pace. I knew that I had to get there fast,” Norris explained.

It took three tries to get the finale started. The first stoppage was innocent enough, Adam Carberry coasting to a halt on the backstretch. The second, however, was complete chaos. When the fourth place starter, Colton Moyer, started swerving down the front stretch, cars behind him wildly scrambled for any open spaces they could find. A massive crash developed involving seven cars, with several of them flipping or hitting the inside wall. One driver, J.T. Ferry, required medical attention for a possible foot injury.

When the race got going, Guttshall seized control, followed by Eli Tuckey, Chad Criswell, Norris, and Hunter Fulton. Norris worked his way into second by lap seven and he took the lead on lap twelve, passing both Guttshall and a lapped car on the outside of turn two.

Norris took the checkers almost six seconds ahead of Guttshall. Tuckey was third, followed by Criswell and Ayden Hare, one of the cars that sustained minor damage in the opening lap melee. Frankie Herr, Cole Young, Scott Fisher, Derek Locke, and Nash Ely completed the top ten.

Tuckey, Guttshall, and Criswell were the heat winners. There was no B main.